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Developing a Smart Cane for Assistive Vision Impaired Navigation

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Towards a serious game based human-robot framework for fatigue assessment

Published in Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2020

Recommended citation: Varun Kanal, James Brady, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Maria Kyrarini, Glenn Wylie, and Fillia Makedon. "Towards a serious game based human-robot framework for fatigue assessment." In Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 1-6. 2020.
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HAND-REHA: Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition for Game-based Wrist Rehabilitation

Published in Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2020

Recommended citation: Farnaz Farahanipad, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Ashish Jaiswal, Maria Kyrarini, and Fillia Makedon. "HAND-REHA: dynamic hand gesture recognition for game-based wrist rehabilitation." In Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 1-9. ACM. 2020.
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Towards a real-time cognitive load assessment system for industrial human-robot cooperation

Published in 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2020

Recommended citation: Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Maria Kyrarini, and Fillia Makedon. "Towards a real-time cognitive load assessment system for industrial human-robot cooperation." In 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 698-705. IEEE. 2020.
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A Survey of Robots in Healthcare

Published in Technologies, 2021

Recommended citation: Maria Kyrarini, Fotios Lygerakis, Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan, Christos Sevastopoulos, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Kodur Krishna Chaitanya, Ashwin Ramesh Babu, Joanne Mathew, and Fillia Makedon. "A Survey of Robots in Healthcare." Technologies 9, no. 1 (2021): 8.
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MINA: A Multitasking Intelligent Nurse Aid Robot

Published in Proceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, 2021

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Krishna Chaitanya Kodur, Maria Kyrarini, Fillia Makedon, and Nicholas Gans. "MINA: A Multitasking Intelligent Nurse Aid Robot." In Proceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, pp. 266-267. ACM. 2021.
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Edge-IoT Framework for Speech and Mobile-Based Human-Robot Interaction

Published in Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services (MobiSys ’22), 2022

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Enamul Karim, Jillur Rahman Saurav, Anushka Srivastav, and Fillia Makedon. "Edge-IoT Framework for Speech and Mobile-Based Human-Robot Interaction." In Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services (MobiSys ’22), pp. 527-528. ACM. 2022.
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Smartphone Based IoT-Controller Framework for Assisting the Blind in Human Robot Interaction

Published in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2022

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Enamul Karim, Md Jillur Rahman Saurav, Anushka Srivastav, Nicholas Gans, and Fillia Makedon. "Smartphone Based IoT-Controller Framework for Assisting the Blind in Human Robot Interaction." In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 514-516. ACM. 2022.
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Remote Operated Human Robot Interactive System using Hand Gestures for Persons with Disabilities

Published in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2023

Recommended citation: Enamul Karim, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Sneh Acharya, and Fillia Makedon. "Remote Operated Human Robot Interactive System using Hand Gestures for Persons with Disabilities." In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 137-139. ACM. 2023.
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Human-Robot Interactive System for Warehouses using Speech, SLAM, and Deep Learning-based Barcode Recognition

Published in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2024

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Sama Nikanfar, Ayon Roy, Joey Hussain, Deep Shinglot, Sneh Acharya, Nicholas Gans, and Fillia Makedon. "Human-Robot Interactive System for Warehouses using Speech, SLAM, and Deep Learning-based Barcode Recognition." In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 38-44. ACM. 2024.
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Development and Evaluation of Collision Avoidance User Interface for Assistive Vision Impaired Navigation

Published in Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’24), 2024

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, and Fillia Makedon. "Development and Evaluation of Collision Avoidance User Interface for Assistive Vision Impaired Navigation." In Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’24), pp. 1-3. ACM. 2024.
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Multimodal Smartphone based IoT Framework for Assisting People with Disabilities in SLAM based Human Robot Interaction

Published in Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom’24), 2024

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Sneh Acharya and Fillia Makedon. "Multimodal Smartphone based IoT Framework for Assisting People with Disabilities in SLAM based Human Robot Interaction". In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom’24), pp. 1680–1682. ACM. 2024.
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A Survey on Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired Individuals: Recent Innovations, Limitations, and Future Directions

Published in Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2025

Recommended citation: Sama Nikanfar, Aref Hebri, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Gaurav Nale, Mahfuza Siddiqua, Farnaz Farhanipad, and Fillia Makedon. "A Survey on Assistive Technologies for Visually Impaired Individuals: Recent Innovations, Limitations, and Future Directions." In Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pp. 429-434. ACM. 2025.
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Development of a Vision-Based Smart Cane with RGB-Only Perception for Collision Avoidance and Scene Recognition

Published in International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 2026

Recommended citation: Harish Ram Nambiappan, Aref Hebri, Sama Nikanfar, Advitya Garg, Farnaz Farahanipad, and Fillia Makedon. "Development of a Vision-Based Smart Cane with RGB-Only Perception for Collision Avoidance and Scene Recognition." In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 381-394. Springer Nature. 2026.
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Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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